At least it was Tuesday night at Woodside in the opening round of the Central Coast Section Div. II boys basketball playoffs as 14th-seeded Los Gatos, in the midst of a nine-game losing streak, erased an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to pull off a 49-41 upset over No. 11 Woodside.

“Tonight’s performance showed how we played the whole season,” Woodside co-captain Sam Kelley said. “We showed every team that we can play with them, but sometimes the little things make it tough for us to win the game.”

Woodside (14-11), ahead 22-18 at halftime, extended the lead to 37-29 with 6:19 left after senior Jason Chandler sank his second 3-pointer of the night.

“It was scary,” Los Gatos coach Sean Cummings said. “You thought your season was about to be over.”

Faced with its biggest deficit of the night, Los Gatos (8-17) turned to a trio of players who combined to score 47 of the team’s 49 points.

First, the game’s leading scorer with 19 points, Nick Lamson, hit from beyond the arc. That was followed with 6-foot-6 center Luke Hollander scoring in the paint and drawing a foul. Though Hollander missed the free throw, Los Gatos grabbed the rebound and Dionte Cook promptly nailed a 3-pointer with 4:17 left to tie the game at 37-all.

Woodside reclaimed the lead when Ricki Hoffer cut through traffic for a layin with 3:33 left, but Cook answered with another 3-pointer to put Los Gatos ahead 40-39.

A turnover with 2:05 left became a transition opportunity for Woodside with Byron Castillo sending an outlet pass to Eric McRae, who drew the defender to him and found an open Kelley for a layin.

“Sam has been unbelievable,” Woodside coach Mike Reynoso said. “He’s been a true pleasure to coach throughout his four years here. His growth as a leader and then as a player has really come tenfold. So I can’t say enough about him. He poured his heart into this season and did everything he could to help us capture opportunities like that.”

“I was here just to lead the team and I hope to pass on the Woodside legacy and help improve the program as a whole,” said Kelley, who led Woodside with 12 points.

Kelley came up with a key steal off a timeout with 1:33 left, but his contested reverse layup fell short.

Los Gatos made the most of a second opportunity when Cook hit his third 3-pointer of the fourth quarter to claim a 43-41 lead with 58 seconds left.

“He just completely lost his head and started hitting everything,” Cummings said. “I’ve seen him hit shots from 10 feet behind the line and four or five in a row. He’s streaky.”

Woodside missed a 12-foot jumper to tie the game and Hollander converted on a three-point play to make it a two-possession game, 46-41.

Winless since Jan. 18 and faced with the biggest deficit of the night in the fourth quarter, Los Gatos managed to advance to a second-round matchup Thursday night at No. 6 Mountain View (20-4), the champion of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s El Camino Division

Vytas Mazeika is a sports reporter at The Daily News based out of Menlo Park. He covers athletics at every level, from high school to Stanford to the pros. He also designs the sports pages and copy edits for The Daily News print edition. Mazeika graduated from Carlmont High in 1994 and earned an English bachelor's degree from UCLA.

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